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Creating and Implementing an Interactive, Inclusive Circle Time Gini Bramlett Fannin County Schools

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Creating and Implementing an

Interactive, Inclusive Circle Time

Gini Bramlett

Fannin County Schools

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Introductions

A little bit about you…

Who are you?

Where are you from?

What job do you do?

About your population

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A little about me…

Gini Bramlett

Undergraduate and Masters Degrees from UGA

Teaching Experience

Clarke Middle School, Athens, GA

Horn Lake Intermediate, Horn Lake, MS

Regents School of Oxford, Oxford, MS

Blue Ridge Elementary, Blue Ridge, GA

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Objectives

As a result of this activity, the participant will gather ideas on ways to engage students through an interactive circle time.

As a result of this activity, the participant will be able to integrate technology into the classroom daily morning routine.

As a result of this activity, the participant will be able to create an interactive circle time that all students can access and interact.

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Purpose & Goals of our daily Circle Time

Sets the tone for the day

Learn to listen & take turns

Work on following directions

Celebrate each other & self

Gain self-confidence

Practice social skills (i.e. greetings)

Create a sense of belonging

Repetition = learning

Social, emotional, and intellectual learning

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What are your initial thoughts?

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Things to keep in mind…

“Reducing the amount of information will likely increase on-task behavior and understanding during morning meeting. Consider displaying the information only as needed during the activity. Placing materials on foam board or a flip chart may be helpful, as they can easily be put away when not in use.” –Kara Hume {source}

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Welcome to our Circle Time (Everyday Format)

Greetings

Day of the Week

Month of the Year

Calendar

Season

Weather

Who is in class today? (Attendance)

Weekly Classroom concepts (letters, numbers & counting, songs, etc.)

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Weather

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Attendance

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Other Attendance Ideas

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Other Concepts: Counting

Click

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Websites We Use

Starfall (Letter of the week, colors, counting, interactive songs)

You Tube

Phonics Song (on YouTube “A is for Apple”)

Phonics song with sign language (also YouTube)

Station: KidsTV123

What websites do you use?

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Non Verbal Students/Technology

Big Macs

Record greetings

Repetitive story lines

Proloquo2Go (iPad app)

GoTalk

4+

Button

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Low tech

Low tech AT are devices or equipment that don't require much training, may

be less expensive and do not have complex or mechanical features. For example: handheld magnifiers, large

print text, using paper and pen to communicate, canes and walkers,

reachers/grabbers, specialized pen or pencil grips and much more

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Behavior Strategies/Visuals

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Quiet Voice Hands in Lap Sit in Chair

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Have a spot for each student…

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Transition Ideas

Songs/Music

“Check your schedule”

Flick the lights

Musical Instrument (train whistle, chimes)

How do you transition in your classrooms?

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How do I create my own?

Things you need: Smartboard or Activeboard

Boardmaker, symbol stix, or pictures

Tips: When copying from Boardmaker to Smartboard, copy and paste

one item at a time

Lock down items that you don’t want students to be able to move

Make sure they are low enough on the page for little children to reach

Don’t Recreate the wheel http://exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0

https://www.boardmakerachieve.com/Activities/Search

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Gini Bramlett

[email protected]

* If you would like me to send you my SmartBoard file of my daily circle time, please email me at the address above, and I will send it to you! You are free to use it just like it is or change it however you see fit! If you come up with a great idea, I’d love for you to send it my way.

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Resources

The Morning Meeting Book by Roxann Kriete & Carol Davis

Making the Most of Morning Meeting by Kara Hume

Making Morning Circle Meaningful By: Bruce, Susan; Fasy, Cara; Gulick, Jessica. TEACHING Exceptional Children

Plus, v2 n4 Article 1 Mar 2006.

Evaluating Circle Time as a support to social skills development – reflections on a journey in school-based research By: Canney, Catherine; Byrne, Alison. British Journal of Special Education.

Mar2006, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p19-24.

Circle Time: An Exploratory Study of Activities and Challenging Behavior in Head Start Classrooms. By: Zaghlawan, Hasan; Ostrosky, Michaelene. Early Childhood Education

Journal. Mar2011, Vol. 38 Issue 6, p439-448.

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Blogs & Websites

http://workofheart.bravehost.com/circletime.htm

http://www.bainbridgeclass.com/morningmeeting.htm

http://www.teachpreschool.org/2013/03/ten-tips-for-circletime/

http://special-ism.com/7-strategies-for-more-successful-circle-times/

http://aac.unl.edu/yaack/toc.html

http://tnt.asu.edu

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Pictures and Videos

Parents granted permission for the pictures and videos in this

presentation to be used for teaching and sharing ideas with

other educators. They may not be copied or used for any other

purpose.